Obituaries for Jan. 19, 2013

Laurice Billings

Graveside service for Miss Billings will be 1 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 19 at the Antioch Cemetery in Trousdale County with Frank Gailbreath and Will Gailbreath officiating. Visitation will be Saturday 10 a.m.–12:30 p.m. at Ligon & Bobo Funeral Home in Lebanon.

Miss Billings, 97, of Lebanon, passed away Friday, Jan. 18, 2013, at Quality Care. Born Dec. 30, 1915, in Trousdale County, she was the daughter of the late George and Kate Armstrong Billings. She was a homemaker and a member of College Hills Church of Christ.

She is survived by two nieces, Carolyn Garrett of Lebanon and Christine Hamilton of Los Angeles, Calif.; three great-nieces, Diane (Ray) Hall, JoAnn (Frank) Gailbreath and Gwen (David) Sandlin; great-great-nieces, Carolyn (Eric) Leonard, Becky Gailbreath and Katie Bogle; great-great-nephew, Will (Amber) Gailbreath.

Barbara Gaines Russell

Barbara Gaines Russell, 85, died Thursday at Trousdale Senior Living Center.

Services will be Tuesday at 11 a.m. at Partlow Funeral Chapel. Burial will follow in Cedar Grove Cemetery. Visitiation will be Monday from 4-8 p.m. at the funeral home.

Rhea Sears

Funeral services will be held Monday, Jan. 21 at 11 a.m. from the Ligon & Bobo Funeral Home with Bro. Dickie Johnson officiating. Interment will be in the Gordonsville Cemetery. Visitation Monday after 10 a.m.

Miss Sears, 94, of Hermitage and formerly of Lebanon, passed away Jan. 17, 2013, at McKendree Health Care. She was born in Arkansas and was the daughter of the late Albert Leroy Sears and Mattie Ethel Jones Sears. She was a member of First United Methodist Church. Miss Sears moved to Lebanon many years ago with Sister Mary Ensor Chaffin following mission work in Arkansas. She worked in the Upton Heights United Methodist Church with Sister Chaffin.

She is survived by several distant cousins in Arkansas. She was preceded in death by her special friend, Sister Mary Ensor Chaffin.